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Utilizing Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Enhance Laparoscopic Technical Skills Training

NCT03083483 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 71

Last updated 2020-01-06

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the influences of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on the acquisition of laparoscopic surgical skills. For this purpose, the investigator will compare variants of tDCS in the first of 2 experiments. The second arm of the trial will investigate gaze training in a similar study design. These questions will be evaluated using the validated Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) module 1, with the overall goal of developing a surgical training curriculum that achieves expert level skill in an expedited timeframe. This research provides a novel approach to general surgery training that has the potential to reduce the amount of time and repetitions required to achieve expert laparoscopic skills.

Conditions

  • Healthy Volunteers

Interventions

DEVICE

transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

tDCS will apply a low, direct current for the duration of the study session while the subject is training the specific laparoscopic tasks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Morgan L Cox, MD · Duke University

  • Greg Appelbaum, PhD · Duke University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-04-01
Primary Completion
2017-12-21
Completion
2017-12-21
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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